Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,322 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Andrew D. Gillum (1979- )
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The Philadelphia Race Riot (1918)
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Ward Connerly (1939- )
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Mervyn Dymally (1923- )

Explore Global African History

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Black Loyalists Exodus to Nova Scotia (1783)
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(1970) Amilcar Cabral, “National Liberation and Culture”
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St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda (1632- )
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Clements Kadalie (1896-1951)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Has President Obama Changed the Way Washington Works?
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Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama
Three Harlem women, photo by James Van Der Zee
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The Passing of Passing: A Peculiarly American Racial Tradition Approaches Irrelevance
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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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